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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Crambid Snout Moths (Crambidae) » Crambine Snout Moths (Crambinae) » Argyriini » Argyria

Genus Argyria

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Milky Urola Moth - Hodges#5463 - Argyria gonogramma Milky Urola Moth - Argyria Mother-of-pearl Moth - Argyria nummulalis Argyria lacteella - Milky Urola - Argyria gonogramma Moth to blacklight - Argyria nummulalis Argyria rufisignella? - Argyria rufisignella Hodges#5460 - Argyria nummulalis Florida Moth - Argyria gonogramma
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Pyraloidea (Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths)
Family Crambidae (Crambid Snout Moths)
Subfamily Crambinae (Crambine Snout Moths)
Tribe Argyriini
Genus Argyria
Explanation of Names
Greek word argyros meaning silver.(1)
Numbers
4 species occur in America north of Mexico.
Print References
(2)
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.Argyriini (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) of Mississippi and Alabama with a redescription of Argyria rufisignella (Zeller)
Edda L. Martinez, Richard L. Brown. 2007. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 61(2): 78-83.
Contributed by Martin Hauser on 28 May, 2006 - 1:33am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Maury Heiman, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 23 September, 2021 - 4:31am

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